SCHOOL HEADS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

FOUNDATION COURSE
APPLICATION PROJECT
CONCEPT PAPER
Welcome to the School Heads Development Program (SHDP) -Foundation Course! The SHDP
is a systematic competency-based educational leadership and management development
program that aims to enable school heads to lead and manage K-12 schools in the 21 st
century.
Participants of the Foundation Course are new school heads, school heads that need training
to be promoted to principal, and other candidates who are being considered for the position
who do not have prior experience as school head. It is a three-module course that covers
the principals role in delivering the curriculum and core programs, managing school
processes, strategic human resource management and development, fiscal management,
partnership, and leadership.
The requirements for a Certificate of Completion include complete attendance in the course
and the implementation of an Application Project as proof of learning. The Project requires
the participant to identify a specific area of school operations that require improvement and
that will deliver the best impact on school measures in three (3) to six (6) months. In this
project, the principal is expected to apply learned competencies in improving the school. The
participant will be required to present significant milestones achieved at the end of each
month.
An entry requirement to the Course is the submission of a duly accomplished Concept Note
that identifies three (3) specific areas of school operations that need significant
improvement in the school. The area for consideration include:
1. Curriculum, Core, and Support Programs
2. Instructional Leadership
3. School leadership: SBM, SIP, CI, Partnership
4. Strategic Human Resource Development
5. Fiscal Management
By the end of this three-module course, the participant will be asked to select one of these
three areas as a project.
Please adhere to the word limit requirement.
Email or fax the fully accomplished form with your signature on or before 03 February 2015
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SHDP Foundational Course Concept Paper

Name of Current
Participan Ernesto M. Fogata Position Principal I
t

Name of District
San Agustin High School Castillejos
School

Division Zambales Region III

Introducti What is your understanding of DepEds vision and mission?

What is the role of your school in delivering DepEds vision and mission?
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on The DepEd vision is a dream for every Filipinos, as products of learner-centered

schools, to become responsible citizens contributing to building our nation.
maximum The DepEd mission states our duty as stewards of education to protect and promote
of 100 the right of all citizens.
words The role of my school in delivering the DepEd Vision & Mission is to put every learner
as the center of all actions and decision. Every learner shall be taught how to improve
themselves and realize their dreams, while keeping in mind the state of their country
and the welfare of their people.

Problem Nominate three issues and/or concerns in your school that you would like to work on
in this course. You will be helped in clarifying and selecting the final problem for your
Descriptio Application Project. (See attached sheet for the course coverage. This will help guide
n you in your problem selection).
For each problem, answer the following questions. Give quantifiable or observable
indicators.
(1) What is the problem? (maximum 20 words)
(2) When does the problem happen? (maximum 20 words)
(3) Where does the problem happen? (maximum 20 words)
(4) Who are affected by the problem? (maximum words)

Problem The required 28 monthly teacher supervision is hard to achieve due to the
1 lack of clerical and financial staff.
This problem happens when the School Head is the only one working for
the liquidation of MOOE and school reports.
Same problem may happen to non-fiscally autonomous schools and
wherein teachers are confined only to performing their classroom-
teaching functions.
The students, teachers and school head will suffer the consequences of
delayed reports and release of MOOE budget.

Problem School reports and MOOE liquidations cannot be submitted 5 days before
2 the due date.
School reports are pended when enough time are given to teacher
supervisions.
School reports are usually submitted after the due date but MOOE
liquidations are just on time.
The school heads performance rating is directly affected.

Problem The Mean Percentile Score of NAT in all learning areas is very low at 48.036
3 only.
This problem happened in SY 2014-2015. There was no NAT in SY 2015-2016.
This was affected by the low MPS in Mathematics, Science and Araling
Panlipunan.
Teachers and school heads performance ratings are affected.

Statement What result do you want to see after solving the problem? Give quantifiable or
observable indicators. (maximum of 50 words)
of Project
Objective Problem To attain the required 28 monthly teacher supervision can be easily
1 accomplished once the school is given a complete office staff like a clerk,
bookkeeper, accountant and disbursing officer.

Problem To submit school reports and MOOE liquidations earlier than 5 days before
2 the due date because there are support staff to work on these while the
School Head will have enough time to conduct the 28 monthly teacher
classroom supervision.

Problem To increase the NAT overall MPS from 48.036 to at least 60.00 for this
3 school year.
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Benefits (1) Who benefits from solving this problem? Be specific. If possible, give exact
numbers. (maximum 50 words)
of solving (2) What is the exact benefit to them? (maximum 50 words)
the (3) How will solving this problem contribute to achieving DepEds vision and mission?
problem (maximum 75 words)

Proble Fourteen (14) teachers will be benefitted from regular classroom

observations twice a month. The school head will also be visible and
m1 familiar to the 446 students when he is regularly entering the classrooms
to conduct observations.
The exact benefit of this regular contact between the school head,
teachers and students is that rapport, respect and harmonious
relationship within the school will be stablished.
If there harmony within the school, then the Administrators and staff, as
stewards of the institution, had already ensured an enabling and
supportive environment for effective learning to happen.

Proble 14 teachers, 1 school head and 446 students will benefit on the timely
submission of school reports.
m2 The individual performance ratings can be recommended to the
Outstanding level.
If there is a complete office support personnel, then teachers will have
enough time to facilitate learning and constantly nurture every learner.

Proble 14 teachers, 1 school head and 446 students will benefit from the 12 %
increase in the overall NAT MPS.
m3 The pride and morale of the students, teachers and administrators will be
highly boosted thus creating a school spirit of oneness and cooperation.
Family, community, and other stakeholders are actively engaged in
maintaining the minimum 60 % NAT MPS and share their responsibility for
developing life-long learners

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